# NTSB LAX84LA198: Cessna 152, N24470, Fair Oaks, CA, February 27, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 26, 1984, 16:00 local (Feb 27, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Fair Oaks, CA
- Coordinates: 38.649574, -121.25061 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6496&lon=-121.2506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24184
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX84LA198
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24184/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA198

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HER SECOND SUPERVISED SOLO. SHE REPORTED THAT 'ON HER THIRD LANDING, SHE MISJUDGED THE DISTANCE AND UNDERSHOT THE RUNWAY.'

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N24470](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24470-1984-05-11), registration cancelled 1984-05-11, S/N 15280270 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 80270
- Airframe hours: 2420
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Engle Flying Service Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 20, 1984, 10 hours before
- Departed: 011
- Airport: Phoenix Field, runway 18, 2,600 × 40 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 17; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 8 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840226004949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840226004949A), Feb 26, 1984: Cessna 152, Fair Oaks, CA, Substantial damage. Student pilot on second supervised solo crashed short of runway on undershot landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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